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Everything you need to know about Vikram, Chandrayaan 2's lander, as it lands on the Moon

Everything you need to know about Vikram, Chandrayaan 2's lander, as it lands on the Moon
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  • Chandrayaan 2 will be attempt to soft land on the Moon between 1:30am and 2:30am tonight.
  • The entire process will take 15 minutes.
  • The lander, Vikram, will be shutting down its engines — one by one — as it gets closer to the lunar surface.
Chandrayaan 2, India's second mission to Moon, is all set to land tonight between 1:30 am and 2:30 am.

Vikram, Chandrayaan 2's lander, is on its way to the Moon's South Pole to attempt a soft landing. This is the most difficult part of the Chandrayaan 2 mission.

Of all the missions that have attempted to soft land on the Moon, only 37% have been successful.

Former Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman, G. Madhavan Nair, stated that will be ISRO's ‘most complex' mission ever. The current ISRO Chairman K Sivan also believes that Chandrayaan's 2 soft landing on the Moon's South Pole will be the ‘most terrifying' 15 minutes for the onground team.

Here's everything you need to know about Vikram landing on the Moon:


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